Linden makes first appointment: TC Carling joins hockey ops dept

Here’s new Canuck boss Trevor Linden announcing his first appointment Friday, which was Day 3 of his regime:

“Today I have the pleasure of making my first personnel announcement in my new role. I’m very happy to announce that TC Carling is joining our team as Vice President of Hockey Administration and will be starting with us on May 1. TC has worked for our company for a combined 14 years and I personally asked him to come back to be part of our hockey operations executive team. This was a very hard decision for TC as his career has continued to blossom including being asked to sit on the board of Canada’s Men’s Health Foundation as the first member outside of the medical profession. However, TC loves the Canucks, what we stand for in the community and he will now have the opportunity to significantly impact the team in this senior hockey operations role.

“In the short term, TC will be supporting me and the rest of the Hockey Operations team as we carefully review, assess and develop a new strategy and Hockey Operations structure for the future. We have a lot of work to do between now and the start of next season and we’ll need everyone’s input and support as we put our plan in place. Once we have a blue print for our new strategy, we will define more clearly everyone’s role in the Hockey Operations Department, including TC.

“Welcome back TC and we are all looking forward to working with you again.”

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